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Xed said:

That's great news for Apple out of the gate.

gatorguy said:

ihatescreennames said:

AppleInsider said:

The case brought by the DOJ is in spite of efforts by tech companies to curry favor with the new administration. Google, like Apple and other tech giants, contributed to President Trump's inauguration in January. This has resulted in an inquiry in the US Senate over the donations.

I thought I read here and at other places that Apple did not contribute to Trump’s inauguration. Has that changed?

Tim Cook did, on behalf of Apple. It gave them deniability.

ApplePoor said:

The UK police have had a camera on the front of their squad cars for years. When they come up behind you, they know immediately if the road tax has been paid, the MOT inspection is current and there is a valid insurance policy in force. They also know the gender of the mandatory listed drivers on the insurance policy. So if a girl friend is driving the boy friend's car and no females are on the policy, there will be a pull over for clarification. Another feature is if there is no insurance, they have the option to take the car to the crusher right then.

So big brother is watching every where. 

Xed said:

You hear a lot more complaining about this on tech sites than in the real world. I'm using about 60 GB on a 128 GB iPhone which means 128 GB is ideal for my needs, but I know a lot of normal users who are doing just fine with 64 GB, especially on the iPad. These are people that only use it for basic consumption. You probably won't even find them keeping bookmarks in Safari in many cases.

That said, I do think that 128 GB should be the minimum moving forward as iOS and iPadOS increase in size each year.

AppleZulu said:

MplsP said:

AppleZulu said:

Graeme000 said:

Never having used MagSafe, I know “how convenient is to just pop your iPhone on a stand” with Qi chargers. I still don’t get the supposed need for MagSafe.  

For efficiency points, MagSafe perfectly aligns the phone's inductive coils with the charger's inductive coils, maximizing the charger's energy efficiency and charging rate. 

Anyone who cares about efficiency and uses inductive charging is an idiot.

Yes, we know that inductive charging is less efficient than wired charging, but that doesn't mean that all inductive charging is the same. A 25 watt MagSafe connection is going to charge significantly faster than a 7.5 watt Qi connection. This is not only true because of the difference in wattage, but because MagSafe assures charging coils are precisely aligned. All this makes MagSafe very literally more efficient than Qi. Noting these differences without mentioning wired charging does not render one an idiot.